Yoga Foam Rollers are seen often in fitness gyms and also suggested by fitness guides to using them. Foam rollers are used to loosen the fascia. A fascia is a tissue in the human body that keeps the skin, muscles, and bones together. Regular exercise can lead to tightening of the fascia. Why buy a […]
The latest study concludes that Yoga is more effective in treating back pains than conventional exercises! The results support the claim that many Yoga teachers and practitioners have been making all along. The study is the largest randomised controlled trial to date that helps prove effectiveness of Yoga for chronic back pains. The 101-adult patients […]
A Yoga Institute in Rajasthan, India is treating patients of AIDS free of cost with a combination of allopathic medicines, alternative medicines and, Yoga! The veracity of Institute’s claims that they are adding 15-20 years in the lives of AIDS patients is certainly open to debate, but isn’t the gesture of helping these poor patients […]
“Hasya Kriya” that is the ‘laughter excercise’ forms an important part of daily Yoga exercises. A laughter club in the ’silicon valley’ of India – Bangalore – is finding its way to better health just by laughing it away! Read on the following item published in the Washington Post on 7 April, 2006 to know […]
There is no doubt that the efforts of Baba Ramdev to re-introduce Yoga to the Indian people and revolutionizing it for the masses, deserve credit. (See earlier post below). That being said, his recent claims that are floating around in media every now and then regarding treatment of serious life-threatening diseases like Cancer and AIDS […]
Swami Ramdev Maharajji, as devotees call him, has fast become a household name in India. The Yoga guru has simplified yogasanas, mainly pranayama (yogic breathing exercises) and is drawing flocks of followers in countrywide yoga camps. He is not only famous in India but in its ‘western neighbour’ Pakistan as well! In a recent media […]
I began at HNY last spring after much trepidation. I instantly loved it. The commraderie with my fellow students, the exercise and peace achieved from the practice, and the clear difference that it made in my daily life. I achieved a new sense of peace, self-confidence, energy and love for life. Unfortunately, a summer filled […]
